 | Goold Brown - 1874 - 142 pàgines
...an, ant. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable /...syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1874 - 342 pàgines
...Those which are not so commonly used have a hyphen between the component parts, as ctoud-compelling. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables a dissyllable; of three syllables a trisyllable ; of four or more syllables a polysyllabk. Aceent is stress of voice... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1875 - 174 pàgines
...; as, a, art. A WORD is a syllable, or a combination of syllables, significant of an idea ; as man. A word of one syllable is called a MONOSYLLABLE. A word of two syllables is called a DISSYLLABLE. A word of three syllables is called a TRISYLLABLE. A word of four or more... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 208 pàgines
...syllable can contain only one vowel sound, and is made up of one or more letters sounded together. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable. A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable. A word of three syllables is called a Trisyllable. A word of four or more... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 1124 pàgines
...many syllables as there are distinct sounds, or separate impulses of the voice ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a...syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. Every vowel, except w, may form... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1882 - 168 pàgines
...word or a part of a word. A word is one or more syllables spoken or written as the sign of some idea. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a...dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. V LETTERS AND SYLLABLES CLASSIFIED. The letters... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1883 - 164 pàgines
...word or a part of a word. A word is one or more syllables spoken or written as the sign of some idea. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a...dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. V .— LETTERS AND SYLLABLES CLASSIFIED. The... | |
 | 1888 - 748 pàgines
...letters representing a sound uttered with one impulse of the voice; as: a, ant, mat-ter, mate-ri-al. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a...dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. In dividing words into syllables, we are to be... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1889 - 186 pàgines
...these thoughts. Words have particular names according to the number of syllables which they contain. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable /...dissyllable • a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, &jjolysyllable. Mono means one ; dis, two ; tri, three ; and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1865 - 182 pàgines
...'.nterruption from the organs of speech. The consonants axe 3et)arately considered in Section II. A SYIXABLK is a letter, or a combination of letters, uttered...PRIMITIVE WORD is one derived from no other word; as, fear. A DERIVATIVE WORD is one formed from a primitive, by means of prefixes and suffixes ; as,... | |
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A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable, a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is... 
